• Štěpán@lemmy.cafe
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    4 hours ago

    I’ve had drugs that put me in a weird agonizing bodyless state for what seemed like probably days. It’s really hard to describe, but it was terrible. And I think an hour or two in reality. This post reminded me of that strongly, an awful idea.

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        2 hours ago

        More like 5 minutes in real time. But yeah, feels like days if not an eternity. And there’s always that feeling of “Oh fuck. I’m never making it back to my body. In fact, my body was just an illusion, and now that it’s gone I’ll never get it back, like a dream you can’t go back to after waking.”

        And that typically occupies your mind for the rest of the trip. Until it fades, and you find yourself back in your body, and after you kiss the ground you think “Well that wasn’t so bad afterall. I bet if I try it again I can make it past that part without panicking.”

        Nope. It’s like there’s something you can’t fully remember after the trip ends, but each time you go back you realize “Oh fuck, that’s right. That’s why this is so terrifying.”

        And then you make it back to your body again, kiss the ground, rinse and repeat…

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        1 hour ago

        I’ve never had a good trip on salvia. Always nightmarish experiences, every time. Maybe I should quit doing it one day.

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    7 hours ago

    the implication being that we will have brain implant technology thats for the people and not purely surveillance shows this is a work of fiction.

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    7 hours ago

    If we can’t live forever, overclocking our brain-computer interfaces to cram more virtual time into our remaining years is the next best thing.

    Maybe eventually there’ll be FOSS privacy respecting degree packages that you can incorporate in maybe a week. Do 52 of them and prove something new at their insections. Repeat.

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        Can it at least be the magic bullet infomercial? The one where all the junkies wake up feeling like shit, and just want snacks, so they don’t even question why a random guy is in their kitchen demoing the magic bullet. They just want nachos, and smoothies. Until Carol comes down and wants to make more drinks.

        Like…it’s 8am, and she’s bouncing down the stairs like “MARGARITAS PLEASE!!!”

        Carol. You have a problem.